RFK Jr. Appoints Fmr Vaccine Committee Chair to HHS Role

Martin Kulldorff, a high-profile vaccine critic and former chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, has been appointed chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency announced Monday.

Kulldorff, a Swedish biostatistician, is best known for co-authoring “The Great Barrington Declaration,” which urged reliance on natural immunity early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

His appointment marks the latest step in HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of federal vaccine and public health policy.

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